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HARRISBURG, PA The Pennsylvania Game Commission is advising people across the state to stop feeding birds and filling bird baths because of a mysterious avian ailment that is making them sick and, in some instances, killing them.
The game commission and the University of Pennsylvania Game Commission are investigating more than 70 instances of songbirds that are sick or dying because of the unknown illness, which has occurred in 27 of the state s 67 counties.
The illness is not exclusive to Pennsylvania, according to the game commission. Birds have been reported sick in the Mid-Atlantic states, extending to the Southeast and eastern upper Midwest. The ailment first was reported in the Washington, D.C. area.